According to the old habits of Chubei Province, when the year was old, the younger generations of the family would go to the deceased elders to sweep the graves, and this time it was called "resignation"; And if a loved one died in the previous year, he will go to worship his relatives again after the year, that is, during the New Year, which is called "burning incense".

It stands to reason that burning incense is something to do during the first to third year of junior high school, but it is impossible for Lu Xiaorou to let Su Mo's brother stay in Wenhan City during the New Year, so she deliberately waited until the holiday to mention this request to Su Mo.

Now Xiaorou still misses her deceased grandfather. For her, her grandfather was her closest person, and it was her grandfather who always protected her.

Su Mo has always wanted to find an opportunity to thank him and thank him for everything he has done for Xiaorou.

It's a pity that I couldn't wait until that time, and I can only miss him in this way......

Su Mo took Xiao Rou to the Meiyuan Cemetery where his grandfather was, there was a small shop selling paper flowers at the door, Xiao Rou bought a pile of paper money, a plant of incense, and a short firecracker here, thought about it, and finally bought a small bottle of liquor, which seemed to be what his grandfather liked before his death.

Su Mo took the things that Lu Xiaorou bought, "Are you familiar with these processes?" ”

"My grandfather often took me to the cemetery here to pay respects to one of his dear friends...... Ah, yes! Xiao Rou muttered, "Grandpa is not here now...... I should give that friend too—"

But Lu Xiaorou didn't make a decision immediately, because this was the living expenses given to her by Brother Su Mo, and it was used for places other than living expenses, so it still depended on Brother Su Mo's opinion.

"Fool, what are you doing looking at me. I wouldn't agree. ”

Su Mo patted Lu Xiaorou's head, "Let's go buy another one, it can be regarded as fulfilling my grandfather's wish." ”

"Hmm...... Thank you, thank you, Brother Su Mo. ”

Lu Xiaorou bowed to Su Mo, which made Su Mo feel very hurt.

Why are you still so different from me...... You didn't treat me like family.

Lu Xiaorou led Su Mo into the cemetery.

After attending her grandfather's funeral, Lu Xiaorou came to this place for the first time, but she remembered the location of her grandfather's tombstone very clearly.

"The fifth in the third row of the upside-down stone lion...... Found it, there. ”

Lu Xiaorou walked quickly in the direction of the tombstone and came to her grandfather's tombstone.

However, the tie flowers and incense sticks on the tomb look like they haven't been cleaned for some time.

"It stands to reason that those relatives should come, whether it's resignation or incense ......"

"It should be, it's busy at home......" Lu Xiaorou carefully removed the bricks on the tomb and replaced it with a wad of paper money to fold on it.

Busy...... Busy fighting over family property?

Su Mo didn't continue to complain.

Xiaorou always thinks about the people around her very well.

But Su Mo believes that this is not because Xiaorou herself is naïve.

But...... If you don't numb yourself like this, you may not be able to have hope for the future.

Thinking of this, Su Mo felt even more sorry for the girl in front of him.

Su Mo changed the paper flowers for her grandfather for Xiaorou, inserted new lit incense sticks, burned paper money in the stove, and then lit firecrackers.

In the sound of small firecrackers, Xiaorou padded a plastic bag and quietly knelt and kowtowed in front of her grandfather.

Every time she kowtowed, she would stay on the ground for a long time, and then she got up in a daze and bowed again, as if she was muttering something, but because the voice was very small, Su Mo didn't hear it clearly.

Then, after Lu Xiaorou finished worshipping, Su Mo also signaled that he wanted to worship.

"Brother Su Mo doesn't use it...... It's just that I'm just going to worship grandpa, grandpa, he-"

"It's okay, of course I want to thank him too."

Su Mo smiled at Lu Xiaorou, "After all, if he hadn't raised you well, wouldn't we have had a chance to meet." ”

He quietly kowtowed to his grandfather in front of Xiao Rou, and after Su Mo kowtowed three times, he saw that Xiao Rou's eyes were already red.

"Xiao Rou? Are you alright......"

"Ah...... I...... Smoky, painful. ”

Xiao Rou wiped her eyes, and Su Mo hurriedly handed her a wet wipe, "Come here, this is the tuyere, and there is a lot of smoke and ash in it." ”

"Hmmm......"

Lu Xiaorou stood on the other side under Su Mo's protection.

After finishing the worship, Su Mo and Xiao Rou quietly waited for the paper money in the furnace to burn out, and then took out the last liquor of liquor.

"Brother Su Mo, can you unscrew the cap of the liquor bottle?" Xiao Rou said softly, "Grandpa said that the strength of the soul is very small, and you have to unscrew it to drink." ”

"Wouldn't it be better to just unscrew it and sprinkle it in front of the grave?" The graves of Su Mo's deceased grandparents are on the hill of their hometown, and their habit of worship is like this.

"That's, that's not going to work. If you touch a little spark, it's too dangerous. ”

The tombstones in the cemetery are all made of marble, and even if they were burned, they would only burn things like paper flowers, but it was actually impossible to cause a fire.

However, since Xiao Rou said so......

"Okay, it's up to you."

Su Mo suddenly remembered the matter of sweeping the tomb and burning the mountain on the Qingming Festival one year.

After saying goodbye to her grandfather, Xiao Rou took Su Mo to visit the grave of her grandfather's friend, and Su Mo and Xiao Rou chatted on the way.

"Have you ever met a friend of this grandfather?"

"When I was a child, I had the impression that he was a very kind old grandfather," Lu Xiaorou said softly, "He likes to play chess with his grandfather, and I just watch from the side, and sometimes he will let me play." ”

"And which of you is better?"

"Yes, it should be grandpa's friend who is the most powerful...... I don't quite remember it. ”

"Speaking of which...... You haven't lived at your grandfather's house for a while, have you? ”

"Hmm...... I lived at my grandfather's house for as long as I can remember, and then when I was in the second grade of elementary school, I moved out with my mother for a while, and I returned to my grandfather in the summer after graduating from the sixth grade. ”

"That's it."

After that, I never saw my mother again.

Su Mo and Xiaorou sweep the graves of their grandfather's friends and burn incense. There are still some traces of incense in the grandfather's place, and the grandfather's friend seems very lonely, and even the handwriting on the tombstone is a little unclear, but he can vaguely see that it is an old man surnamed Ji.

"Grandpa's friends don't seem to have many relatives still alive, so every year my grandfather and I come to worship him." Lu Xiaorou said, "Grandpa also passed away this year, so it shouldn't be that no one came to see him for a whole year." But...... If you think about the best, now that grandpa can accompany him in heaven, it shouldn't be too lonely. ”

"Besides, you're burning paper money for him here, aren't you...... There should be no shortage of money to spend. ”

"Hey, hey."

Lu Xiaorou liked Su Mo's joke that sounded a little warm.

The two of them were burning paper money, and a man in a suit and leather shoes walked over quickly, as if coming towards them.

Although he didn't know what the other party's intentions were, Su Mo stood in front of Xiao Rou for the first time.

"Excuse me...... Can I help you? ”

The man in the suit muttered his mouth open but did not speak, and after a long time he asked:

"You and the owner of this tombstone...... What's the relationship? ”